Whether it realizes it or not, Washington has placed itself in a fight for its life in Afghanistan, just the way the Soviets did.
Asia Times Online | Pepe Escobar | Posted 05.03.2009 | World
Apocalypse Now. Run for cover. The turbans are coming. This is the state of Pakistan today, according to the current hysteria disseminated by the Bara...
Rob Asghar | Posted 04.16.2009 | World
The biggest reason that Pakistan is relevant is because it has somewhere between 50 and 90 nukes, and the powerful army has many leaders who sympathize with the Taliban
Farahnaz Ispahani | Posted 03.16.2009 | World
With the issue that divided liberal democratic forces for several months settled, Pakistan can now focus on its real problems. Let it be said that in March, 2009 we chose democracy over mob rule.
New York Times | Posted 03.16.2009 | World
It was a day of rejoicing, of drum playing, and of smiling at strangers. Pakistan's chief justice had just been reinstated after a two-year struggle, ...
Financial Times | Posted 03.16.2009 | World
Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary's return as chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court, two years after his dismissal by Pervez Musharraf, the then militar...
GroundReport | Posted 03.13.2009 | World
Originally published on GroundReport.com, the global citizen reporting platform. By Imran Schah Islamabad, Pakistan- Police have started to crack d...
nytimes.com | JANE PERLEZ | Posted 03.12.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The civilian government has banned a national protest march and arrested hundreds of political workers , evoking for many Pakis...
The Huffington Post | Chris Nelson | Posted 03.11.2009 | World
Lawyers and opposition political parties to the current Pakistani government, led by Nawaz Sharif, are planning a march from Karachi to Islamabad this...
ibnlive.in.com | Parrull / CNN | Posted 03.10.2009 | World
New Delhi: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is facing one crisis after another. Reports on Monday claimed Zardari has been given an ultimatum by ...
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 03.09.2009 | World
If America once turned on the Afghan allies that helped it defeat the Soviets, many Pakistanis feel, what would stop it from turning on Pakistan?
AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 02.25.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Supreme Court banned the country's most popular opposition leader and his brother from contesting elections, igniting fre...
Eric Margolis | Posted 02.25.2009 | World
In a stunning historic irony, while U.S. troops and CIA teams were turning over ever rock in Afghanistan looking for Osama bin Laden, the gravest national security threat was on Wall Street.
Shuja Nawaz | Posted 01.09.2009 | World
As 2007 was lurching toward a messy end in Pakistan, a documentary film suddenly caught much attention inside the country and abroad, especially among the diaspora Pakistanis.
Jim Arkedis | Posted 12.11.2008 | World
India's military right to pursue the Mumbai attackers into Pakistan remains unquestioned. But if India chooses to exercise that right, it could be disastrous military strategy.
Frankie Martin | Posted 12.09.2008 | World
Americans began to understand tribal culture and tribal codes of honor and hospitality. And they realized that organizations like Al-Qaeda were antithetical to traditional culture.
Eric Margolis | Posted 12.05.2008 | World
India's patience is wearing thin. After a decade of terrorist attacks, it still lacks a well defined target for revenge or a way of preventing them.
Max Bergmann | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
McCain just badly misstated the history of Pakistan. McCain said Pakistan was a failed state before President Musharraf came to power. That is not true.
Wajahat Ali | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
Who knew the cure for dementia, depression and PTSD was obtaining the post of Pakistan's President?
Eric Margolis | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics
The Marriot attack is further proof that Pakistan is edging ever deeper into outright civil conflict at a time when the stalemated war in Afghanistan is steadily seeping into Pakistan.
Eric Margolis | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics
Aside from senior army generals, the wealthy elite, and a handful of fat cat politicians, the widely hated Musharraf was left with almost no support at home.
AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The ruling coalition that just a week ago drove U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf from the presidency broke apart Monday, throwin...
AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The ruling coalition that just a week ago drove U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf from the presidency broke apart Monday, throwin...
Wajahat Ali | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics
Rashid: I don't think we should rely on individuals -- this is precisely the mistake the Bush administration made with Musharraf.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics
Now that Pervez Musharraf is out of office, and no longer doing the sterling work of advancing democracy for which he is known, one wonders: what's ne...
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Paul Fitzgerald | Posted 07.07.2009 | World